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Mihir Srivastava

Delhi’s Yamuna: A huge septic tank

Delhi has found new ways of contaminating the Yamuna river: electronic waste. As also the subsoil and ground water: A United Nations-backed study pointed out that India generated nearly 5 per cent of electronic waste produced globally in 2016.

Earlier this year, scientists from Jamia Millia Islamia University examined the soil samples from Krishna Vihar locality in Mandoli. This part of the city has become the dumping site of electronic waste. The results were astounding.

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